Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)

v2.15.30Range control plane

An aws-CLI-compatible client for the range's simulated control plane. Reads caller identity, IAM users and roles, access keys, buckets, instances, secrets and the audit trail — the same estate the Cloud Console shows, so CLI enumeration and console review agree.

Category: Discovery & reconnaissance
Package: awscli
Runs on: Linux · Windows
Commands: aws

Every call is answered from the authored cloud estate. No AWS endpoint is contacted and no credential is real.

Install it

The scripts below install the real Range control plane package on your own machine — read them first, and run them somewhere you are allowed to change. Inside the range, one press puts the simulated package on your next machine.

Linux installer (shell script)

install-awscli.sh

Windows installer (PowerShell)

Install-awscli.ps1

On a range machine

Add it to your kit and every machine you launch comes with it.

On Linux

Debian, Ubuntu, Kali (apt)

Refresh the package lists
```
sudo apt update
```
Install Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)
```
sudo apt install -y awscli
```

RHEL, Fedora (dnf)

Install Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)
```
sudo dnf install -y awscli
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Arch (pacman)

Install Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)
```
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm awscli
```

Alpine (apk)

Install Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)
```
sudo apk add awscli
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Check it worked

Confirm it landed on PATH
```
which aws
```
Check the version
```
aws --version
```
The range reports 2.15.30.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
sudo apt remove --purge awscli
```

On Windows

Windows Package Manager (winget)

Search the catalog
```
winget search awscli
```
Install Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)
```
winget install --id awscli -e
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Chocolatey (choco)

Install Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)
```
choco install awscli -y
```
Run the shell as administrator.

Check it worked

Confirm it resolves
```
where aws
```
Check the version
```
aws --version
```
The range reports 2.15.30.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
winget uninstall --id awscli
```

Inside the range

Tick it on the launch screen
Under Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)'s category on the advanced tool shelf. A lab that depends on it locks the toggle on and says why.
Or install it from a range terminal
```
sudo apt install -y awscli
```
The simulated package manager seeds the same binaries, config and receipt the shelf toggle does.
Everything here is simulated
No software is downloaded and nothing executes — the range answers from authored fixtures.

Labs that use Cloud CLI (aws-compatible)

Pentest: Cloud Privilege EscalationGiven an access key with s3:GetObject only, walk a chain of over-permissive roles and trust policies to end up in a shell on a build server. File the trust-policy finding — the fix is one JSON edit.